Dahr al-Wahsh (also spelled Dahr al-Wahch) is a village in Lebanon, located to the east of Beirut. It has received attention as the site of an October, 1990 conflict termed the "Dahr al-Wahsh massacre" by Middle-East studies professor Mordechai Nisan. Interpretation and description of the event varies according to source. In 2000, the Lebanese militia Guardians of the Cedars released a statement which included the following description of the event: